Public meeting
Tuesday, June 26, 6:30pm (meal from 6pm).
The majority of the refugees who are sitting in limbo facing a lifetime of detention because of negative security assessments by ASIO are Tamils from Sri Lanka. They are being persecuted for seeking asylum, but also because the Tamil people, like the East Timorese, were engaged in a struggle for self-determination. Tamils in Australia are often hounded by ASIO if they have any connection to the movement for a Free Tamil Eelam.
Speakers: Sabesan Sanmugam (Tamil Coordinating Committee public officer & 3CR Tamil Voice program producer); Chris Slee (co-author of The Tamil Freedom Struggle in Sri Lanka & Socialist Alliance member); Rob Stary (lawyer for three Tamils accused of terrorism for raising tsunami relief money for the Tamil areas in Sri Lanka). Organised by Socialist Alliance. For more info ph 9639 8622 or 0413 377 978.